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2012 Edublog Award Nominations

The Web20Classroom

For 2012 I wanted to nominate those that I have seen making change either through their blogs or conversations and who are really making a difference in the Edu Space. I hope you will check out all those that I have nominated and all those nominated by others. These are the people doing great work and are a model for us all.

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BoomWriter and Walch Education joins forces to provide world-class EdTech solutions

eSchool News

Milton-based EdTech developer and publisher, BoomWriter Media Inc. , (BoomWriter) has merged with education powerhouse Walch Education. With so many start-ups in the EdTech industry there will be inevitable consolidation and lots of elimination of fledgling companies,” adds Chris Twyman, founder of BoomWriter. .:

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Digital literacy vs. Computer literacy: Students need to develop both

Neo LMS

In 2012, Change the Equation and the The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) conducted a global research project the 2012 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) which tested three things: literacy, numeracy and “problem solving within a technology-rich environment” among adults.

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Edtech Incubators are Fading. Here’s What Will Replace Them.

Edsurge

Edtech startup incubators? Kurshan, a Senior Fellow and Innovation Advisor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, has spent decades building edtech enterprises—both for-profit and nonprofit ones. I think this reflects an evolution of the edtech entrepreneurial ecosystem.” That’s so 2010.

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From Mexico to China: Why the World is Interested in the United States Edtech Market

Edsurge

In the past, experts have made big projections for the global edtech market, with some groups estimating as much as $252 billion pouring into the market by 2020. Because of limited edtech providers in Mexico, Najera relies on products from the United States and Spain. You know education is not a big business in Mexico.

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5 Steps to Creating a Technology Internship Program

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out the do's and don'ts of project-based learning in K–12. What we did: In 2012, we went one-to-one for 2,200 freshman students, leaving us the question of who would troubleshoot and fix those devices. She has been in our technology internship program (TSI) throughout her high school career.

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AI, Personalized Learning Are a Dynamic Duo for K–12 Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how teachers are using the latest tech to improve one-to-one initiatives! The mission of educators then becomes figuring out how to provide 1:1-level results with group instruction --the problem of scale. The Issue of One-to-one Learning in Large Classes. Thank you, adaptive software. .